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Alpha Carter POV We raced to the Bliss Moon Pack. I wanted to get my mate back and get things cleared up between us. Her effort to reject me startled me but did not work. I did not accept her rejection, and she would not know that was necessary. My heart is in my throat uncertain what to expect. “That’s odd,” my warrior who is driving murmurs. “What?” I ask on edge. “We just passed three SUVs going in the opposite direction as us,” he says as he looks in his rear-view mirror. “Maybe something came up, that Kyle needed to tend to,” I say distracted by what was ahead of me. We arrived at the territory gates and were advised to wait a minute. I was confused and stepped out of the SUV, with Stan and the two warriors in front jumping out prepared to protect me. I sigh, “What the hell is going on? I am here at the invitation of the Alpha and the Beta,” I say angrily. “They are both on their way here,” he replies to my confusion. Had
Alpha Carter POV “There they are, Alpha,” the warrior advises me. He is barreling towards them, as I watch eager to get to my mate. Stan cautions me, “We do not know anything more than Timothy has her. We have to be smart about this.”. “I have every right to kill Timothy,” I snarl at him. “Agreed. We have to be careful that he does not kill Elizabeth, before we can rescue her,” he reminds me. He is right. It would not take much to kill her before I could get her out of the vehicle. “When you get close enough ram the vehicle off the road,” I say to the warrior. “Wait! The middle vehicle will likely have her in it,” Stan says to me. “What if she is not?” I question him concerned we will let the wrong vehicle get away. Stan is mind-linking the other drivers, “Let them go ahead of us and take the first vehicle out,” he says as one of the vehicles quickly passes us. He slams into them taking them out and swerving before righting hi
Alpha Carter POV As I backed out of the SUV carefully, I mind-linked Stan to have something to cover Elizabeth with when I exited. I was cautious not wanting to hurt her any more than she had already been. I could see her body had been beaten at some point and those were not wounds from the accident.She had not said a word since I had her in my arms. Her body was tense and full of fear. I whispered words of encouragement and promises of protection to her as we worked our way out of the vehicle. As expected, Stan was standing there with a blanket, he had retrieved from one of our SUV’s. I took it and wrapped Elizabeth in it before I stood with her held tightly in my arms. I heard the whimpering of Alpha Matt off to the side. He was curled into a ball on the ground. I slowly walked over to him and put my booted foot on his neck. He looked up shrieking in fear, “You cannot kill me,” he says as his face rolls from fear to laughter. “You cannot
Elizabeth POV I cannot believe the words Carter shared with me. He had fixed everything. He had banished Margie from the Pack. Elder Timothy was dead. Alpha Matt was going to our dungeons. Did that mean for once I was safe? That I could let my guard down and simply enjoy my life? Would Carter mark me now? I wanted to ask him, but the time was not right. Sitting with just a blanket around my naked, marked up and dirty body, I wanted to be clean. I needed a shower. And I wanted privacy with Carter to ask that question. Not that Stan was particularly listening, but it was a conversation to be had alone. I giggled as Carter nuzzled into my neck, breathing in my scent. I loved being able to be close to him. I was sorry I had left the way I did. All of this could have been avoided. Hearing a yawn, “I told you so,” I hear in my mind. “You are real?” I ask afraid to believe she was still there. “I am real, and I am back baby,” As
Elizabeth POV I sat in Carter’s arms for a while longer, before starting to rise. There had been chatter all around me about what a silver wolf could do, what it meant for the Pack, the upcoming trial in a couple days … it was all overwhelming. I just wanted to be alone to process what was happening. “Just breathe,” Ashley says in my mind. “What do you need, love?” Carter asks. “I just need to go to the washroom,” I reply as he helps me up. “Do you need any help?” he asks sincerely. Shaking my head, “No, I am fine,” I say as I move across the room to our bedroom. I move into the walk-in closet and get some clothes that I can put on after my shower. Stepping into the washroom, I turn the shower on. I drop the blanket from my shoulders and look in the mirror. I can see the bruise on the side of my head where the Alpha had kicked me. I can see the bruises covering my broken ribs. I am healing faster than I have in the past, and I know I have
Alpha Carter POV “What? No, I cannot have you there, Elizabeth,” I reply to her. I will use tactics to get the Alpha to speak. Tactics I never want her to see or believe me capable of. “I need to know what he knows,” Elizabeth responds. “He is threatening my life, my happiness; I want to hear firsthand what he has to say,” she says calmly and clearly. This is the first time I have seen her so focused on something. I suspect Ashley’s presence has something to do with it. I suspect Ashley knows more than she has shared with us. I believe anything that happened was to protect Elizabeth. I just hope it is not something that will cause the Council to pause about assigning justice to Alpha Matt. I quickly shower and follow Elizabeth into our bedroom to get dressed. She is putting on black skinny jeans, with a tank top and a leather jacket over it. I know she is using her clothes to provide a barrier against the Alpha and the dungeon. She had be
Elizabeth POV I had been trying to get answers from Ashley since Alpha Matt had threatened us that she knew what he was talking about. She went radio silent. She has not spoken to me since, nor has she spoken with Max, Carter’s wolf. I had no idea what she knew, and it terrified me. Terrified me wondering what could be awaiting us at this hearing. My hands were shaking until I felt Carter taken them into his hands. “We will get through all of this,” he promises me as he pulls me into his arms. We are back in our suite, just the two of us. “What if they take me away from you?” I ask him. He shakes his head, “Over my dead body, sweetheart,” he replies. “Do not even joke about that Carter. Whatever happens you have to promise me you will maintain your composure,” I say to him. He looks at me, “Sweetheart, you are going to tell the truth, Alpha Matt will be punished, and then you are coming home with me; that I promise you,” he says. I hope he
Alpha Carter POV We spent most of the night going over anything and everything that Elizabeth could remember about the abuse she endured, how many years, and anything specifically about her first shift. She did not remember she was a silver wolf, so her recollections are very limited. Or Ashley was protecting her from something. It was difficult for Stan, Kinsley, and I to listen to Elizabeth go over her history of abuse. It was hard to imagine a young teenager having to endure so much at the hands of a man who should have been protecting her. She shared as much as she could with little emotion. Like she was talking about something that happened to someone else. She had grown so much since coming here, I was incredibly proud of how far she had come. We would start her Luna training as well as her fight training after this fiasco of a trial was over. She could fight as a human and a wolf. Seeing Ashley fight will be a sight. I expect after t